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How does Kenvue’s debut stack up against past billion-dollar IPOs?

KVUE

J&J spin-off Kenvue (KVUE) dominated headlines last week, raising $3.8 billion in the largest US IPO since 2021, and the sixth-largest deal of the past 10 years. In many ways, Kenvue stands alone among the largest IPOs of the past decade: A mature, profitable business going public in a challenging environment provides stark contrast to the fast-growing, highly...read more

Renaissance Capital's 2020 Global IPO Market Recap

ABNB

Global IPO Market Achieves Six-Year High Amid Pandemic The global IPO market hit a six-year record in 2020 as pandemic-induced volatility was followed by a swift rebound in the second half. Global IPOs raised more than $220 billion in 2020, up 31% from 2019 and well above the $151 billion ten-year median. Despite...read more

Updated: Renaissance Capital's 2020 US IPO Market Review

ABNB

The IPO Market Has the Best of Times in the Worst of Times 2020 was a year to forget for many people, but it was unforgettable for IPO investors who benefitted from both the number of IPOs and their outsized average returns. While the COVID-19 pandemic sent global markets into a nosedive in March, the IPO window...read more

US IPO Weekly Recap: Airbnb and DoorDash make their public debuts in a 10 IPO week

ABNB

10 IPOs entered the public market this past week headlined by Airbnb (ABNB) and DoorDash (DASH), which completed the largest and second-largest IPOs of 2020, respectively. They were joined by 20 blank check IPOs in the busiest week for SPACs ever. New filing activity continued to pump the brakes, with just two IPOs and four SPACs submitting...read more